Swimming in the Gulf of Mexico

Is it possible for a human being to swim across the Gulf of Mexico? I bet someday someone tries and succeeds. I had a dream about this, but then I woke up and remembered that although I am a good swimmer, I am not that good!

In the Gulf of Mexico we all know that the water temperatures are warm enough not to worry about hypothermia and a person could swim with those problems. Of course they would need some high-tech equipment and here are some ideas; when they’re ready to sleep after a day of swimming, they push a button on their bathing suit and it turns into a raft and sets the GPS so they know how far they’ve come.

When they’re done sleeping, they can press another button and the raft will collapse back into their bathing suits. You are probably thinking that this technology does not exist? But it exists and could easily be modernized so that someone could swim across the Gulf of Mexico.

What about the sharks you say? Well, in your bathing suit there could be a solar powered unit, which would detect sharks and, when necessary, send an electrical impulse to make them disappear. This technology also exists.

Who could try to swim across the Gulf of Mexico? Well, someone has already swam from Cuba to Key West Florida and that’s almost 90 miles. A Frenchman in a canoe paddles across the Pacific Ocean. There have been people who have jogged in Australia and people who have jogged in the United States. Someday some superhuman Olympian caliber athlete with stamina and ability will actually attempt to swim across the Gulf of Mexico. Most likely it will happen during our lifetime and we will witness this event.